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crinrict
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11 years ago

Re: my Sims 3 game wont install or launch please help!

Yeah, sorry about that. Seems it should work with regsvr32 for 64 bit as well. My bad.

Did you try like this at all

  1. Open the console by typing cmd in the search bar in your start menu
  2. Type cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64
  3. Type REGSVR32 d3dx9_31.dll

with that path ?

It seems that the version in system is a 64 bit version and you can't register 32 bit dll with 64 bit  REGSVR32. So you do need to use the one in the syswow64 direcotry since that is the 32 bit version.

Sorry for the confusion. I should have read up on it some more.

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  • oavaroc's avatar
    oavaroc
    11 years ago

    I used these instructions exactly:

    "

    1. Open the console by typing cmd in the search bar in your start menu
    2. Type cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64
    3. Type REGSVR32 d3dx9_31.dll"

    and got the same message:

    "RegSvr32

    The module"d3dx9_31.dll" may not be compatible with the version of Windows that you're running. Check if the module is compatible with an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of regsvr32.exe"

    When i start up my computer it doesent start up the sims 3, and when i try to launch it from the desktop icon (The Sims 3) i get a message that the sims3launcher has failed i get the same message if i click on it from a search ( im assuming thats the finder), and I get the d3dx9_31.dll error when i try to use the TS3W.exe.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    11 years ago

    Then I would say you downloaded a faulty (wrong) version of the dll.

    tbh, I would just reinstall Windows or do another factory restore or search the net for another version of the dll (although I'm not a big fan of suggesting downloading dls)

    Not sure what else to suggest. I don't believe this to be a Sims issue as stated before.

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